Max Baucus

After the U.S. Congress voted to end the partial government shutdown and to raise the debt ceiling late Wednesday night, October 16, President Obama signed the measure.

Montana's lone congressman Steve Daines visited the Lolo Creek Complex base camp Friday morning and toured the fire area with U.S. Forest Service officials. Daines is the second member of Montana's congressional delegation to visit the site, as Senator Jon Tester, accompanied by Governor Steve Bullock, visited earlier in the week.

Montana Senator Max Baucus and U.S. Representative Steve Daines offered two radically different perspectives on the June 25 decisions by the U.S. Supreme Court. At issue specifically were the court's rulings on the Defense of Marriage Act, which extended federal marriage benefits to same-sex couples.

On a rainy Missoula morning, a former University of Montana grad who made good came back to share some life advice for the graduates of the class of 2013.

Max Baucus' letter of request asking for the IRS to investigate tax-exempt political groups.

Montana senior Senator Max Baucus announced today, May 13 that his committee is potentially gearing up for an investigation into alleged abuses at the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).

Is paying taxes to taxing? Maybe you have a better way to do things? Now there's a place for you to voice your complaints and ideas.

At the close of last week's legislative session, much was made in the media concerning dissension in the ranks of Montana's Republican legislators, especially due to leaked emails from leaders seeking to oust more moderate members.

In a speech on Thursday, Max Baucus sounded almost homesick as he spoke of the natural glories of Glacier National Park and the nearby north fork of the Flathead river.

Within hours of an announcement that Montana Senior Senator Max Baucus would be retiring in 2014, political action committees have already been raising money to welcome Brian Schweitzer into the race.